Lady&#39;s sleeveless garment



April 15, 1952 c. G. SCHNURER LADYS SLEEVELESS GARMENT Filed June 2, 1950 IN V EN TOR.

Carolyn G. Schnurer BY 2 j ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 15, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT ofiFlcr.

LADYS SLEEVELESS GARMENT Carolyn G. Schnurer, New York, N. Y., assignor to Carolyn Schnurer Design Studios, Ltd., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application June 2, 1950, Serial No. 165,791

Claims.

The present invention relates to a ladys sleeveless outer garment, such as a dress, vest, or the like and particularly to the bodice of such sleeveess garment.

o It is the object of the present invention to provide a sleeveless outer garment of the character described which may be arranged or draped by the wearer on her body in a great variety of novel and attractive ways, each giving the impression and appearance of a difierently and individually styled garment, to thereby make each garment of the present invention serve the purpose of a number of differently styled garments.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a sleeveless garment of the character described in which the variations in drape and appearance may be quickly, easily and conveniently effected by the wearer, at any time after the garment is placed on the body, by a mere variation in the draping of the garment itself on the body, without any need for effecting even a temporary change in the garment structure as by the use of sewing or of accessory devices.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a sleeveless garment of the character described which is of relatively simple and economical construction and may be produced at relatively little advance in cost over the conventional sleeveless garment of similar nature.

The foregoing and other advantages and superiorities of the sleeveless outer garment of the present invention will become more readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the embodiment thereof shown in the accompanying drawing and from the description following. It is, to be understood, however, that such embodir mentis shown by way of illustration only, to make the principles and practice of the invention more readily comprehensible, and without any intentof limiting the invention to the specific details therein shown.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a sleeveless garment in the form of a dress embodying the present invention; broken off and partly broken away to show details of construction;

Figs. 2 and 3 are, respectively, front and rear elevational views illustrating one way of wearing the garment of the present invention upon the body;

Figs. 4 and 5 are, respectively, front and rear views illustrating another way of wearing the garment of the present invention; and

Figs. 6 and '7 are, respectively, front and back views illustrating still another of the many ways 2 in which the garment may be worn upon the body.

Referring more specifically to the accompanying drawing, the garment embodying the present invention is shown in the form of a-fabric dress having a bodice portion, generally designated as III, to which may be attached or which may have extending therefrom a skirt portion, I I. The particular style of the skirt or the finer details of the construction and design of the bodice ID are not material from the point of view of the present invention, except that the bodice ID comprises a front, I2, sides, I3, along one of which the vertical opening, I 4, with a slide fastener, I5, may be provided, and with a back, I6.

The front and side walls I2 and 13 may extend upwardly to have their upper edges, inclusively designated as IT, extend on a line approximately level with the arm pit of the wearer; the central portion of which may be slightly raised or curved for better covering of the bust.

The front l2 may be suitably curved or shaped to accommodate the bust and may have stays, 23, built thereinto for improved support.

The back, I6, may have a shawl-like extension, generally designated as I9, connected to its upper edge. The extension I9 may have a central portion 20 extending from about arm pit to arm pit and of a height sufiicient to reach approximately neck height when extended upwardly, as seen in Fig. 3. The portion 20 may preferably but not necessarily be of two plies of material, with the outer ply, 2|, preferably integral with the back I6 and the inner ply, 22, of the same or different material that may contrast with the ply 2| in color, texture or both. The extension I9 also includes a pair of wing portions 24 extending sideways from each side of the central portion and preferably wholly or partly integral with it. The wing portions 24 may have their upper edge, 25, in a straight horizontal line with one another and with the upper edge of the central portion 20 and may have their lower edges, 26, curved slightly arcuately upwardly to meet the edges 25 to make the wings 24 of tapered shape.

The wings 24 may, preferably, be of a length more than sufficient to pass around the sides and front of the body, to enable their ends to be tied together or to be draped over the body and tied in any of the other numerous possible ways, some of which will now be more specifically described.

Thus, in Figs. 2 and 3 the central portion 20 of the shawl-like extension I9 is worn erectly on the back and the wings 24 are passed over the shoul ders and under the arm pits and tied across the back of the wearer at approximately the waist.

In Figs. 4 and 5 the central portion 29 of the extension I9 is also worn erect and the wings 24 are passed over the shoulders but are tied in front of the body at approximately the bust line.

In Figs. 6 and .7 the central portion 20 of the extension i9 is folded downwardly over the back [6 and the wings are crossed at the front and passed to the back of the garment Where they are tied at the Waist line.

It will be apparent that numerous other ways of draping the garment on the body may be ef- 4 sides and front of the bodice and to be tied to one another.

2. A ladys sleeveless garment including a bodice, said bodice having a front portion, side portions and a back portion, said front and side portions extending approximately from the waistline of a wearerto approximately on a line between the arm pits of thewearer, said back portion extending upwardly from the waistline to a point approximately at the neckline of the wearer, forming a section projecting above the top edges of said front and side portions extending from one arm pit to about the other of the fected, as by modifying the drape of Figs. 6 and '7 to tie the wings at the front of the body either at the bust line or at the waist line; or by passing one wing over one shoulder and the other under the second shoulder, and in various other ways.

This completes the description of the sleeveless garment of the present invention. Some of the numerous ways in which the garment may be draped over the body have been illustrated and described and from these it will be apparent that the variations of the appearance of the garment on the body may be effected easily, quickly and conveniently after the garment is put on and that they may be effected without the use of any externally applied expedient and may, therefore,

be easily changed at will from one to the other.

It will also be apparent that the variable characteristic of the garment of the present invention is accomplished by simple though novel means which add but little to the cost of the garment, particularly when compared with the advantages attained.

It will further be apparent that numerous variations and modifications of the garment of the present invention may be made by anyone skilled in the art, in accordance with the principles of the invention hereinabove set forth and without the use of any inventive ingenuity. I desire, therefore, to be protected for any and all such variations and modifications that may be made within the spirit of the present invention and the scope of the claims hereto appended.

What I claim is: r

1. A ladys sleeveless garment including a bodice, said bodice having a front portion, side portions and a back portion, said front and side portions extending approximately from the waistline of a wearer to approximately on a line between the arm pits of the wearer, said back portion having a shawl-like extension connected thereto and extending upwardly therefrom, said extension comprising a central section connected to said back portion extending from one arm pit to about the other of the wearer and of a height sufflcient'to reach approximately the neckline of the wearer when in erect position and a wing section extending sideways from each side of the said central section, said wing sections being of a length sufficient at least to extend across the wearer, said back' projecting section having a wing section extending sideways from each side edge thereof, each of said sideways extending sections tapering outwardly to a point, said sideways extending sections being of a length sufficient at least to extend around the sides and front of the bodice and to be tied to one another.

3. A ladys sleeveless garment including a bodice, said bodice having a front portion, side portions and a back portion, said front and side portions extending from approximately the waistline of a wearer to approximately a line connecting the arm pits of the wearer, one of said side portions having an opening therein extending longitudinally of the bodice, said back portion extending from approximately the waistline of the wearer and having a shawl-like extension at the top thereof, said shawl-like extension comprising a central section connected integrally with said back portion extending approximately across the entire back in width and to approximately the neckline of the wearer in height, and a wing section extending sideways from each side of said central section, each of said wing sections tapering outwardly from a width approximately equal to the height of said central section to approximately a point, said wing sections being of a combined length sufficient at least to pass around the sides and front of the bodice and to be tied to one another.

4. The garment of claim 3, wherein the upper edge of said shawl-like extension is in a straight line. and wherein the lower edge of eachof said wing sections curves gradually upwardly toward said upper edge.

5. The sleeveless garment of claim 3, wherein said shawl-like extension is formed of two plies of fabric, with the inner ply forming a lining for the outer ply.

CAROLYN G. SCHNURER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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